Casting has been announced for Robert Icke'splay, Manhunt, at the Royal Court. The play charts the events of one of the most infamous manhunts in UK history and will begin performances in London on March 28th. Icke, who recently adapted and directed Player Kings ( a combination of Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2) and Oedipus in the West End, [...]
The new cast of West End favourite Hadestown has been revealed. The new personnel will take over at the Lyric Theatre from 11 March. Olivier Award nominee Victoria Hamilton-Barritt will star as Persephone with Chris Jarman as Hades, Desmonda Cathabel as Eurydice, Olivier Award nominee Cedric Neal as Hermes, and Dylan Wood returning as Orpheus after [...]
The Tony Award-winning play Stereophonic is set for a transfer to the West End at the Duke Of York's Theatre in May 2025. In June 2024, David Adjmi's play earned an unprecedented 13 Tony Award nominations, the most for any play ever, winning five awards, including Best Director, Best Play, Best Sound Design, Best Featured Actor, and [...]
Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman will star in David Ireland’s The Fifth Step which will receive its West End premiere and showcase for a strictly limited run at @sohoplace this spring, following its premiere last year at the Edinburgh International Festival. The Fifth Step is an unflinchingly honest play about addiction, faith, and masculinity. The play debuted [...]
The full cast has been announced for The Brightening Air, Conor McPherson’s new play which will open at the Old Vic in London on 10th April. McPherson also directs the production. Set in 1980s Ireland, The Brightening Air follows the fortunes of Dermot as he returns to his family in County Sligo with hidden ambitions. Chris [...]
Ryan Calais Cameron's thought-provoking play Retrograde is to transfer into the West End in March 2025. The tense thriller about the activist and actor Sidney Poitier will perform a strictly limited season at the Apollo Theatre from March 8th to June 14th. Calais Cameron previously had success with the production For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When [...]
Full casting has been revealed ahead of the forthcoming revival of Lillian Hellman’s 20th-century drama, The Little Foxes, which will open in London at the Young Vic on December 2nd. The previously announced Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette, Nowhere Boy, Bad Sisters ) will be joined by Mark Bonnar (World on Fire, Napoleon ) as Benjamin Hubbard, Steffan Rhodri [...]
The full cast has been revealed for Waiting for Godot, which will open in the West End at Theatre Royal Haymarket on 19th September. Joining Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw, who take on the lead roles of Estragon and Vladimir, will be Alexander Joseph, Luca Fone, and Ellis Pang sharing the role of The Boy, and David Lee-Jones [...]